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Getting Retirement Portfolios Back on Track Previous assumptions about asset allocation, diversification and the appropriate levels of risk in portfolios are being challenged.   |
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June 2009
Don Schreiber, Jr. |
Danger & Opportunity: A Fool's Errand Banks, markets around the world have been rallying, but before celebrating, advisors should look carefully at the underpinnings of the market's rally. |
The Motley Fool
August 26, 2009
John Rosevear |
It's Not Too Late to Save Your Retirement No matter your age, there are still things you can do to improve your retirement. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Nov/Dec 2004
Christopher M. Wright |
Q&A with Roger Gibson Roger Gibson is a nationally recognized expert in asset allocation and portfolio design. In a recent interview he discusses among other things, diversification and where REITs fit into his clients' portfolios. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2008
Craig L. Israelsen |
A Perfect Portfolio Investment portfolios should include a wide variety of diverse assets. Each one adds an important dimension to the portfolio because it behaves differently. |
Registered Rep.
November 1, 2002
Pamela J. Black |
How to Be a Retirement Planning Hero Fixing a client's retirement plan (to the extent possible) may be the best opportunity brokers have today to create new business. |
Registered Rep.
December 22, 2009
Stan Luxenberg |
Forget Stock Market Gains, It's Best to Avoid Losses Many financial advisors and portfolio managers who held to traditional buy-and-hold stock-bond portfolios are now emphasizing new kinds of diversification. |
On Wall Street
November 1, 2009
Elizabeth Wine |
Executive Clients: Taking Stock of Their Portfolios One of the top issues advisors to corporate executive clients grapple with is persuading their clients to diversify their portfolios. |
Financial Advisor
June 2005
Timothy Kochis |
Letting Go Helping clients overcome financial and emotional barriers to diversifying concentrated stock positions. |
Investment Advisor
November 2005
Chris Blunt |
Seven Deadly Sins As advisors help investors move from the seven deadly sins of investing to a long-term strategy of reality-based investing, they will need to be part planner, part coach, and part psychotherapist. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2006
David Liebrock |
Mining 401(k) Gold Small- and mid-sized companies are looking for help with their retirement plans. Here's how to reach out to this untapped market. |
The Motley Fool
June 16, 2008
Brian Richards |
The Simple Strategy That Could Save Your Portfolio A very simple strategy of (1) thinking about your portfolio holistically and (2) diversifying into quality investments that don't perfectly correlate can really have an effect on your bottom line. |
On Wall Street
October 1, 2009
Lauren Barack |
The New Retirement Portfolio Repairing retirement portfolios is front and center for every advisor. Unfortunately, depending on an investor's age, rebuilding back to their old balances may not be possible. |
Financial Advisor
January 2007
Raymond Fazzi |
Collaring Peace Of Mind Asset allocation and diversification are the principal risk management tools used by an advisor in a typical client portfolio. An equity collar strategy offers a different take on risk management. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2009
Geoff Considine |
Not Without Risk Any discussion of whether the theoretical constructs of asset allocation and diversification broke down must start with a reasonable estimate of what they were supposed to provide. |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2011
Andrew Rudd |
First and Goal Financial advisors who want to thrive going forward should consider building client retirement portfolios capable of funding each investor's essential retirement goals, regardless of how the markets behave at any given time. |
Financial Planning
November 1, 2005
Marion Asnes |
Advisers Speak Out Our new nationwide poll shows that for all financial advisors know about asset allocation, they're still having trouble making it work. |
Financial Advisor
March 2011
Somnath Basu |
Back To Basics Advisors don't need to rely on complicated models to help clients avert losses. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2009
Paul Menchaca |
Income from Where? Financial advisors are realizing the mean variance efficient frontier model is flawed for retirement planning. The main shortcoming is its focus on a portfolio's risk-return tradeoff in terms of returns rather than generation of sustainable income. |
Investment Advisor
April 2006
Maya Ivanova |
Self Improvement In the recent supplement to the 2005 Rydex AdvisorBenchmarking Survey, many advisors recognize that simply maintaining the status quo is not enough. They're continuously examining their business plans and investment processes to look for improvements. |
Investment Advisor
April 1, 2011
Bob Clark |
Boring No More With baby boomers moving into their distribution years, bonds -- and the folks who manage them -- are becoming a lot more interesting |
BusinessWeek
August 15, 2005 |
Don't Forget Home Equity To business professor Dean Gatzlaff, your home should be part of any asset allocation plan. |
Investment Advisor
January 2008
Kathleen M. McBride |
Built to Last Although their strategies vary, Rob Arnott and his investment advisor peers are hewing to a long-term focus on fundamentals, valuations, costs, and taxes. |
The Motley Fool
September 12, 2007
Rich Duprey |
A 401(k) Balancing Act Traditional pension plans can show us how to build a plan we can rely on in our own 401(k)s. They regularly rebalance their assets, making sure that no particular asset class takes on too large a portion of the portfolio. |
The Motley Fool
February 3, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
How Investors Beat the Great Recession A simple strategy brought many back to even. Many investors use asset allocation strategies to spread their risk across various types of investments. |
Financial Planning
December 1, 2008
Suzanne McGee |
The Perfect Alternative Is there an asset class for your clients portfolios whose price moves in the opposite direction to that of mainstream investments like stocks and bonds? |
Investment Advisor
November 2005
Bob Clark |
Clark at Large: Boom Time If you're like most financial advisors, your baby boomer clients will pose a significant challenge in the years to come, both in the way you manage client portfolios and your practice. |
Registered Rep.
August 1, 2006
Stan Luxenberg |
From Complexity to Simplicity And Back Using plain-vanilla mutual funds, retail advisors can build low-correlating portfolios, like absolute-return portfolios. In fact, the sophisticated financial advisor is performing like a mini-institutional consultant of yore. |
Real Estate Portfolio
May/Jun 2001
Jack McAllister |
On the Rise If 401(k) plan values are to rise to their potential, they could use a little more yeast -- in the form of REIT stocks... |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2008
Mark Willoughby |
Volatility Bites For those who had begun to underestimate the impact volatility can have on managing investment portfolios, the events of 2007 and early 2008 have been a sobering reminder. |
The Motley Fool
December 22, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
Do This Today; Boost Your Returns Tomorrow The one-step way to make sure your portfolio bounces back. |
On Wall Street
June 1, 2011
Carl Resnick |
ETFs: The Ideal Asset Allocation Tool? True diversification has become the primary focus of smart advisors. To the benefit of these advisors and their clients, a wide range of well-built exchange-traded funds has emerged to represent just about every asset class available. |
Financial Advisor
October 2004
Tracey Longo |
Investing For Retirement Investing for retirement is feeling pretty dicey. That has investors looking for all the advice they can find. Here's what financial advisors are saying. |
The Motley Fool
June 10, 2010
Scott Holsopple |
The $5.5 Billion Mistake Are you throwing your retirement money out the window? |
Investment Advisor
April 2008 |
Upgrades The year-old Rydex Managed Futures Strategy Fund has attracted approximately $400 million in assets... Bear Stearns Asset Management launched the Bear Stearns Current Yield Fund... Sun Life Financial announced several new investment options... |
On Wall Street
December 1, 2008
William Harding |
Endowments Offer Investment Lessons for Retirees The number of Americans who turn 65 each week could fill a sports stadium -- and they all need income. Portfolios for people saving for retirement should be structured differently from those already there. |
On Wall Street
February 1, 2013
Matthew Lemieux |
Fine-Tuning a Portfolio Gets Year off to a Good Start The beginning of a year offers an opportunity to see how investments align with life goals. |
On Wall Street
September 1, 2012
Don Schreiber |
Making a Case for Dividend-Paying Stocks in Retirement Portfolios One expert argues that dividend-paying stocks, not growth stocks, should be the building blocks of retirement portfolios |
Financial Planning
October 1, 2008
Richard K. Fullmer |
Reducing Retirement Risk How should retirees configure their portfolios for the long term, while not exposing themselves to inappropriate risk? |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2007
Suzanne McGee |
The Right Collar Equity derivatives can keep risk-averse clients comfortable while their wealth stays in the market. Some advisors are pushing the concept of the equity collar into uncharted waters. |
Financial Advisor
January 2007
Marla Brill |
Simple Solutions? Life cycle funds are expanding beyond the 401(k) market to financial advisors. Advisors considering using target date funds, whether on a limited or for a broad swath of clients, need to consider a number of features. |
On Wall Street
October 1, 2011
Don Schreiber, Jr. |
The Beauty of Dividend-Paying Stocks With the vast majority of investors getting closer to retirement and becoming more risk adverse, advisors should create balanced portfolios using a mix of bonds and high-yielding dividend stocks to potentially increase return and reduce risk. |
The Motley Fool
December 23, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
The Key to Investing Better in 2010 Don't be unhappy with your investment results. Better times may be ahead. |
Financial Advisor
April 2004
Raymond Fazzi |
Conservatism Rules In Retirement Planning After a traumatic four years marked by a recession, a war on terrorism and a market decline, many advisors are rethinking their retirement planning strategies. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Nov/Dec 2004
Matthew Bechard |
Homeownership and REITs Jack Goodman shares his thoughts regarding the diversification benefits of home ownership versus REITs. |
Financial Planning
October 1, 2009
Craig L. Israelsen |
An Age-Old Question Age plays an important role in determining asset allocation. The general consensus is, the older you get, the less risk you should take. |
The Motley Fool
June 5, 2008
John Reeves |
Honey, I've Shrunk the Portfolio Read on for some sensible advice for getting your portfolio back on track. |
Registered Rep.
August 1, 2004
Stan Luxenberg |
Nest Eggs in Multiple Baskets Increasingly, employers have begun offering life cycle funds, which include broad mixes of stocks and bonds. By picking one life cycle choice, an investor can hold a nicely diversified 401(k) portfolio. |
Investment Advisor
September 2008 |
21st Century Asset Allocation Over the past several years, institutional investors increasingly have opted to allocate a portion of their portfolios to alternative investments as a way to smooth out market volatility. This trend is now spreading to the retail marketplace. |
The Motley Fool
February 9, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
Don't Let Your Investments Blindside You Do it yourself and know what you're getting. There are some things you're better off doing yourself and managing your retirement savings is one of them |
